Indian police fired tear gas on Friday at protesting farmers attempting to march to the capital New Delhi to push for their longstanding demand of guaranteed minimum prices for their crops.
Farmers this week revived their dormant “March to Delhi” campaign seeking to channel the spirit of a dramatic protest in 2021, when they stormed the capital on tractors.
To stop the farmers at Shambhu, about 200 kilometres north of the capital, police set up heavy barricades of concrete blocks and lines of razor wire in advance of the march.
Authorities also suspended mobile internet services along the route of the procession to prevent communication among the protesters.
Waving blue and yellow flags, the farmers broke through part of the blockade before they were halted by police.
